From: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] Minor 'debug_*' function improvements
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 14:30:39 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260806203039.1140017-1-tromey@adacore.com> (raw)
I wanted to get a summary of a type in gdb and then realized I had
forgotten the function name, so I had to dig around to find it. This
made me think that perhaps renaming the debug_* functions to all just
be named 'debug' would be an improvement, since it's easier to
remember.
Then I noticed that debug_type and debug_val don't print a trailing
newline.
Finally, I needed to be able to see the contents of a gdb_mpz.
v2 changes these functions to use ATTRIBUTE_USED rather than
ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, as the former indicates that these should not be
deleted even if apparently unused.
---
gdb/expprint.c | 4 ++--
gdb/gmp-utils.c | 12 ++++++++++++
gdb/typeprint.c | 7 ++++---
gdb/valprint.c | 7 ++++---
4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/expprint.c b/gdb/expprint.c
index bc1929b1a1b..4859d48f6a4 100644
--- a/gdb/expprint.c
+++ b/gdb/expprint.c
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
/* Meant to be used in debug sessions, so don't export it in a header file. */
-extern void ATTRIBUTE_USED debug_exp (struct expression *exp);
+extern void ATTRIBUTE_USED debug (struct expression *exp);
/* Print EXP. */
void
ATTRIBUTE_USED
-debug_exp (struct expression *exp)
+debug (struct expression *exp)
{
exp->dump (gdb_stdlog);
gdb_flush (gdb_stdlog);
diff --git a/gdb/gmp-utils.c b/gdb/gmp-utils.c
index 168479c50df..b7fed9a82d1 100644
--- a/gdb/gmp-utils.c
+++ b/gdb/gmp-utils.c
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ gmp_string_printf (const char *fmt, ...)
return str;
}
+/* Meant to be used in debug sessions, so don't export it in a header file. */
+extern void ATTRIBUTE_USED debug (const gdb_mpz &);
+
+/* Print VAL. */
+
+void ATTRIBUTE_USED
+debug (const gdb_mpz &val)
+{
+ gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, "%s\n", val.str ().c_str ());
+ gdb_flush (gdb_stdlog);
+}
+
/* See gmp-utils.h. */
void
diff --git a/gdb/typeprint.c b/gdb/typeprint.c
index 31a9c1814a3..7d1ebc6fdca 100644
--- a/gdb/typeprint.c
+++ b/gdb/typeprint.c
@@ -516,14 +516,15 @@ ptype_command (const char *type_name, int from_tty)
}
/* Meant to be used in debug sessions, so don't export it in a header file. */
-extern void ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED debug_type (struct type *type);
+extern void ATTRIBUTE_USED debug (struct type *type);
/* Print TYPE. */
-void ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
-debug_type (struct type *type)
+void ATTRIBUTE_USED
+debug (struct type *type)
{
type_print (type, "", gdb_stdlog, 1);
+ gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, "\n");
gdb_flush (gdb_stdlog);
}
diff --git a/gdb/valprint.c b/gdb/valprint.c
index 50a4663ca3b..3e7a37338b3 100644
--- a/gdb/valprint.c
+++ b/gdb/valprint.c
@@ -1232,14 +1232,15 @@ value_print (struct value *val, struct ui_file *stream,
}
/* Meant to be used in debug sessions, so don't export it in a header file. */
-extern void ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED debug_val (struct value *val);
+extern void ATTRIBUTE_USED debug (struct value *val);
/* Print VAL. */
-void ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
-debug_val (struct value *val)
+void ATTRIBUTE_USED
+debug (struct value *val)
{
value_print (val, gdb_stdlog, &user_print_options);
+ gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, "\n");
gdb_flush (gdb_stdlog);
}
base-commit: 035b2e70824ab51ec4d6754345456622c618b450
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 20:31 UTC|newest]
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2026-08-06 20:30 Tom Tromey [this message]
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